famousringo said:
What an odd question. Decided to break from the herd and pass on the Shinto shrine at Pearl Harbour analogy? Tons of churches all over my town. I'm not sure if I'd notice one that went up next to a vacant lot that used to be a medical facility. I couldn't even tell you where the abortion clinics are in my town. As long as the church didn't put up giant banners asking God to bless His Holy Arsonists, I don't think I'd have a problem with it. I'm not going to hold a few arsonist evangelicals against the whole group. Common sense is moving on. This is just the usual political exploitation of what should be a non-issue. |
A vacant lot isn't the same thing a clinic that was blown up with a bomb and killed people.
Also you failed to note that both of those shrines were built like 20 years BEFORE Pearl Harbour.
I really thought better of you then that.
Also you know... nobody is saying "You can't build a mosque in NY city."
Just "how about not building a 15 foot mosque within view of the WTC and the WTC subway.
Another big difference? The Japanese were defeated. The group that supported the bombing of Pearl Harbour is gone. There isn't any risks of Japanese bombers bombing Pearl Harbour or any other place in the US.
I'd guess though, you can't see the shinto shrines from pearl harbour... and that most people effected by pearl harbour are actually dead at this point... to calously say 9 years is enough for the loss of friends family and loved ones is really quite bad if you ask me.








